Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 34,658 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Beverly Hills is the 228th largest community in California.

Beverly Hills home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Beverly Hills real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Beverly Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Beverly Hills is a city of professionals, managers and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beverly Hills who work in management occupations (19.78%), sales jobs (17.21%) and office and administrative support (8.97%).

Of important note, Beverly Hills is also a city of artists. Beverly Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Beverly Hills’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Beverly Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.99% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Beverly Hills, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Beverly Hills Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Beverly Hills. 58.65% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Beverly Hills in 2010 was $75,890, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $303,560 for a family of four. However, Beverly Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Beverly Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beverly Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beverly Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Beverly Hills include Iranian, Russian, English, German, Polish and Irish.

In addition, Beverly Hills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.42%).

The languages spoken by people in Beverly Hills are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Beverly Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian, Spanish, French and Hebrew.

Some of the most expensive Beverly Hills neighborhoods:
1. N Beverly Dr / Elevado Ave
2. Loma Vista Dr / Carla Ridge
3. W Olympic Blvd / S Beverly Dr
4. W Olympic Blvd / S Canon Dr
5. S La Cienega Blvd / Wilshire Blvd
6. City Center
7. Wilshire Blvd / N La Cienega Blvd